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Section 71<br />

Practice Test Twelve<br />

1049<br />

SECTION 7<br />

Time-20 Minutes<br />

19 Questions<br />

Directions: For each of <strong>the</strong> following questions, choose <strong>the</strong> best answer and darken <strong>the</strong> corresponding oval on<br />

<strong>the</strong> answer sheet.<br />

Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each<br />

blank indicating that something has been omitted.<br />

Beneath <strong>the</strong> sentence are five words or sets of words<br />

labeled (A) through (E). Choose <strong>the</strong> word or set of<br />

words that, when inserted in <strong>the</strong> sentence, best fits<br />

<strong>the</strong> meaning of <strong>the</strong> sentence as a whole.<br />

EXAMPLE:<br />

Today's small, portable computers contrast<br />

markedly with <strong>the</strong> earliest electronic computers,<br />

which were -------.<br />

2. After all of <strong>the</strong> passengers were safely aboard<br />

lifeboats, <strong>the</strong> crew of <strong>the</strong> King Cruiser made every<br />

attempt to ------- what scuba diving equipment<br />

<strong>the</strong>y could off of <strong>the</strong> ------- diveboat be<strong>for</strong>e it sank.<br />

(A) qualify . . obsolete<br />

(B) salvage . . floundering<br />

(C) exacerbate . . defunct<br />

(D) revitalize . . prosperous<br />

(E) commandeer . . lucrative<br />

(A) effective<br />

(B) invented<br />

(C) useful<br />

(D) destructive<br />

(E) enormous<br />

©®©® •<br />

1. ------- two doses of <strong>the</strong> hepatitis A vaccine over a<br />

period of six to twelve months is ------- providing<br />

protection from <strong>the</strong> disease <strong>for</strong> ten years.<br />

(A) Constraining . . required <strong>for</strong><br />

(B) Distributing .. unsuccessful in<br />

(C) Reconstituting . . instrumental in<br />

(D) Administering . . effective in<br />

(E) Disseminating . . unverified <strong>for</strong><br />

3.<br />

Despite <strong>the</strong> markings that ranked <strong>the</strong> trail as<br />

moderately difficult, <strong>the</strong> hikers found <strong>the</strong> trek to be<br />

challenging, as <strong>the</strong> path was -------; it meandered<br />

ceaselessly around <strong>the</strong> riverbank <strong>for</strong> miles.<br />

(A) panoramic<br />

(B) precipitous<br />

(C) serpentine<br />

(D) circumcribed<br />

(E) retrograde<br />

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